Associated Press

White House Ends a Regular Reporting Slot for Independent Newswires

The move, which affects The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and Reuters, is another effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over the press corps that covers it.

By Michael M. Grynbaum and Katie Robertson

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Joseph Boskin, Scholar of Humor and April Fool’s Prankster, Dies at 95

To oblige an eager reporter, he invented a story about the holiday’s origin. He didn’t realize it would turn out to be his “Andy Warhol moment.”

By Michael S. Rosenwald

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He’s the Face of a White House Press Corps Under Attack by Trump

Eugene Daniels, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, is pushing back on the administration’s hostility to reporters as he navigates a move to MSNBC from Politico.

By Katie Robertson

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White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump

In announcing plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.

By Michael M. Grynbaum